Newsmakers

Michael Amy, associate professor of the history of art, published “Jan Fabre at the Louvre” in the January-February 2009 issue of Sculpture.

Margaret Bailey, the Kate Gleason Endowed Chair and associate professor of mechanical engineering, was named a co-author of the textbook Fundamentals of Engineering and Thermodynamics.

Krysta Banke, program instructor, First Year Enrichment, had her article, “How to Survive Freshman Year,” published in Next Step Magazine.

Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, presented two papers at the annual meeting of the Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International, in October in Hakodate, Japan. In addition, he published “The Impact of Innovation on a Polluting Firm’s Regulation Driven Decision to Upgrade its Capital Stock” in the October 2008 issue of International Regional Science Review.

William A. Johnson Jr., distinguished professor of urban and community studies, moderated a panel discussion on the relevancy of race, race relations and community action as part of a two-day conference on race hosted by Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in November.

Gurcharan Khanna, director of research computing at RIT, served as moderator of the 10th meeting of the Collaboration Special Interest Group at the Fall 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting Oct. 22 in New Orleans. The group seeks to enhance user access to advanced real-time collaboration tools in the Internet2 environment.

Jacqueline Mozrall, professor and head of the department of industrial and systems engineering, co-authored “Assessment of Cooperative Education Experiences as Part of an Overall Program Assessment Plan,” in Assessment in Engineering Programs: Evolving Best Practices, Assessment in the Disciplines, Vol. 3, published by the Association for Institutional Research.